Graveley AFB (Huntingdon)

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DT804

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The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2220LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bundingen. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Ronald Hoos, pilot, †
Sgt Ernest Bell, flight engineer, †
Sgt Ronald William Hodge, navigator, †
Sgt John Gerard Kennedy, navigator, †
Sgt John Davidson, wireless operator,
Sgt Alexander Tannock, air gunner, †
Sgt Alexander Munro Taylor, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Kornelimünster/Walheim: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1943 at 0037 LT

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W7876

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Kornelimünster/Walheim

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The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2218LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kornelimünster/Walheim. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Allen Rex Sargent, pilot,
Sgt Daniel Robert Bown, flight engineer,
F/Sgt William Dixon Gray, navigator, †
Sgt Ronald George Hands, bomb aimer,
Sgt Jack Benjamin James Knowles, wireless operator,
Sgt Geoffrey Harvey Gardner, air gunner,
F/Sgt Colin Henry Garner, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Limbricht: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1943 at 0027 LT

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HR793

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The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2231LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Limbricht. Two crew members were killed and six others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Peter Johnston, pilot, †
F/Sgt Ernest Alfred Roede, pilot,
Sgt Frederick James Jarvis, flight engineer, †
F/O Reginald Gordon Houston, navigator,
P/O Roy Wood, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Benjamin Thomas Royall, wireless operator,
Sgt A. W. Gowan, air gunner,
Sgt Michael Thomas Byrne, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Hoogstraten: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1943 at 0007 LT

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HR833

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The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2227LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter, exploded and crashed in Hoogstraten. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
W/O James Livingston Lee, pilot, †
F/Lt William Abbotson Tetley, navigator, †
P/O John Charles Goodson,
Sgt George Arthur Jones,
F/Sgt Herbert John Ross, †
Sgt Victor Stanley Platt, air gunner, †
Sgt Frank Morley Traynor, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Nienborg: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943 at 0105 LT

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HR795

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Graveley - Graveley

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Nienborg

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The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2258LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Approaching Münster, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Nienborg. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Richard Joseph Ayres, pilot, †
F/Sgt Ronald Hageman, flight engineer, †
W/O Arthur Haydn Porter, navigator,
Sgt Frank Charles Cleaver, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Leslie James Miles, wireless operator, †
Sgt Leonard Marshall, air gunner, †
Sgt Edward Cavill, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Himmelgeist: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 26, 1943 at 0140 LT

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W7825

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Graveley - Graveley

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Himmelgeist

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The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2329LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Himmelgeist, 7 km south of Düsseldorf. Six crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Thomas Hall, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Charles Eugene Simmons, flight engineer, †
Sgt Edward Garner, navigator, †
Sgt Rundle Houston Oats, navigator, †
F/Sgt Michael O'Donovan Fuller, wireless operator, †
Sgt Jack Hogg, air gunner, †
Sgt Llyn David Bryant, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Werne: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0132 LT

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DT488

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Graveley - Graveley

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Werne

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The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2306LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Werne, 20 km northeast of Dortmund. Six crew members were killed and an air gunner became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Alain Morison Harvey, pilot, †
Sgt Charles Robert Shields, flight engineer, †
F/O Douglas Arthur Norman Evans, navigator, †
Sgt Stanley Groom, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Jack Raymond Johnson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert George Pritchard, air gunner, †
Sgt William Richard Fairey, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Buurse: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 0220 LT

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DT801

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The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 0023LT on an operation to Duisburg. While overflying the Netherlands at an altitude of 3,300 metres, it was shot down by a German fighter. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in a field but the bomber crash landed and came to rest upside down, bursting into flames. Two crew members were killed, the pilot evaded and four others became PoW.
Crew (35th Squadron):
S/L Douglas Julian Sale, pilot,
Sgt Clarence Washington Rowley, flight engineer,
F/O Geoffrey Edward Heard, navigator,
F/Lt Rupert Claude Sawyer, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Samuel Angus Moores, wireless operator,
Sgt David John Richards, air gunner, †
Sgt Ross Oliver Elford, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II at RAF Graveley

Date & Time: May 5, 1943 at 0315 LT

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

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JB957

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Bombing

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Gransden Lodge - Gransden Lodge

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Graveley AFB (Huntingdon)

Huntingdonshire

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United Kingdom

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